US Postal Service Poised to Make Devastating Cuts in Service – Postal Workers to Deliver Message – ‘Stop Delaying America’s Mail’ – At 150 Protests in 50 States

APWU Press Release: 11/13/2014 Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe and the USPS Board of Governors, the board that oversees the U.S. Postal Service, are poised to make devastating cuts in service to the American people – cuts so severe that they would forever damage the U.S. Postal Service. On Jan. 5, the USPS is slated to lower […]

USPS Board of Governors to Meet August 8th, 9th

USPS Board of Governors reportedly will be discussing the failure to make August 1,2012 Health Care Retiree Prepayment. DATES AND TIMES: Wednesday, August 8, 2012, at 10:00 a.m.; Thursday, August 9, at 8:30 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. PLACE: Washington, DC, at U.S. Postal Service Headquarters,475 L’Enfant Plaza SW., in the Benjamin Franklin Room. STATUS: Wednesday, […]

Video: Senate Committee Holds Confirmation Hearing for Stephen Crawford To USPS Board of Governors

From C-Span: The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee held a confirmation hearing on the nomination of Stephen Crawford to the U.S. Postal Service Board of Governors. Crawford was part of President Obama’s 2008 transition team for the U.S. Postal Service where he made recommendations on policy. Among them he suggested that the Post […]

President Obama Nominates Stephen Crawford To USPS Board Of Governors

Obama Nominates Democrat Stephen Crawford, Nominee for Governor, Board of Governors of the United States Postal Service Stephen Crawford is a research professor at the George Washington Institute of Public Policy at George Washington University. From 2009 to 2011, he served as Vice President for Policy & Research at the Corporation for Enterprise Development, and […]

Be Careful What You Wish For When Calling On PMG To Resign

Over the past several months calls for Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe to Resign such as … Ralph Nader Calls On PMG To Resign You are actively presiding over the demise of one of our country’s greatest founding institutions. The U.S. Postal Service is an institution that was conceived by Benjamin Franklin and which has succeeded […]

James C. Miller III Nominated For Reappointment to USPS Board of Governors

The White House issued the following press release: James C. Miller, III – Governor, Board of Governors of the United States Postal Service President Obama announced his intent to nominate the following individual to a key Administration post: James C. Miller, III, Nominee for Governor, Board of Governors of the United States Postal Service James […]

Katherine Tobin Nominated To Return As Member of USPS Board of Governors

The White House announced on Friday that President Obama has nominated Dr. Katherine C. Tobin (Democrat) to serve on the Board of Governors of the US Postal Service. President George W. Bush appointed her to a 6-year term as a Governor of the U.S. Postal Service in August 2006. In 2009 she left to serve […]

USPS Board Of Governors Sets Agenda For February 8 & 9 Meetings

Board of Governors; Sunshine Act Meeting DATES AND TIMES: Wednesday, February 8, 2012, at 10 a.m.; and Thursday, February 9, at 8:30 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. PLACE: Washington, DC, at U.S. Postal Service Headquarters, 475 L’Enfant Plaza SW., in the Benjamin Franklin Room. STATUS: Wednesday, February 8 at 10 a.m.–Closed; Thursday, February 9 at 8:30 […]

Thurgood Marshall, Jr. Elected Chairman of USPS Board of Governors

Mickey D. Barnett Will Serve as Vice Chairman WASHINGTON — At yesterday’s meeting of the U.S. Postal Service Board of Governors, Thurgood Marshall, Jr., was elected chairman and Mickey D. Barnett was elected vice chairman. Marshall, the Board’s current vice chairman, will succeed Chairman Louis J. Giuliano, who has served as chairman since January 2010 […]

USPS Board Of Governors Agenda Set For November 15th Meeting

WASHINGTON — The Board of Governors of the U.S. Postal Service will meet Nov. 15 in open session at Postal Service headquarters, 475 L’Enfant Plaza, SW. The public is welcome to observe the meeting beginning at 1:30 p.m. in the Ben Franklin Room on the 11th floor. The Board is expected to discuss the following […]